Abstract

Concrete-encased concrete-filled steel tubular (CFST) hybrid structures consist of encased CFST components and reinforced concrete (RC) encasement, posing unique challenges related to their hybrid mechanisms and coupling effects. This study addresses these issues by proposing an automatic and efficient Finite Element (FE) modeling method, which accounts for multiple constitutive models of confined concrete, meticulous grid division and reasonable interaction. The FE modeling method was packaged with a user-friendly graphical interface in the software ‘Auto CECFST’, which has been shared on GitHub(https://github.com/CECFST/Auto-CECFST.git). The modeling method has been verified by test results on the strength, stiffness and deformation capacity. Utilizing the refined FE modeling method, 7776 FE models are generated based on an orthogonal combination of 7 critical parameters of concrete-encased CFST hybrid structures. To accurately define failure modes, stress ratio (φ) was proposed to achieve quantitative analysis on the failure mode, followed by a comprehensive investigation into the full-range analysis of the hybrid mechanism of two components. Moreover, further exploration focused on multi-parameter coupling effects of critical mechanism characteristics, including strength, stiffness, and deformation capacity, elucidating the hybrid mechanism and mechanical similarities between single and multi-chord structures. Based on the above analysis, the balance of strength and deformation ability could be achieved by certain parameter ranges. Finally, available strength and stiffness calculation methods are validated against experimental and FE results under three typical failure modes, revealing the advantages and limitations of calculation methods on the basis of mechanics and data statistics, which provides a basis for security structural design.

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